Bag structure



5- R. GALLOWAY 4 f BAG STRUCTURE Filed Feb. 20, 1934 RAM/ 04mm,

stick or the like on way. When it is is withdrawn from soiled by drippings.

Patented Jan. 28,- 1936 PATENT OFFICE BAG STRUCTURE Robert Lee Galloway, Salem, ester-n Paper Converting Oreg.

reg., assignor to Company, Salem,

Application February 20, 1934, Serial No. 712,248 1 Claim. (01. 229-53) My present invention, in its broad aspect, has to do with improvementsin bags and means for making the same, and more particularly it my purpose to provide a bag of the type used for .retaining confections or iced confections, and wherein a slot is provided to receive the usual which the confection is mounted, so that in eating the confection the hands and clothes will not be soiled by drippings and the like-the body of the bag being used as a protector about the confection.

Ordinarily certain types of confections, such for instance as iced confections on 'a stick, are sold in glassine bags. These confections are usually a square of ice cream or the like on a stick and covered with chocolate or some form of coating.

'Suckers and others of a similar nature (but not iced) are also sometimes packaged in the same desired to eat the confection it the bag and held by the stick, in which case the hands and clothes are usually templates utilizing the usual bag as a cover or protector for the confection while it is being eaten, and to that end I provide a slot in the body of the bag through which the stick is passed so that the body of the bag protects or partially shields the confection so that the clothes will not become soiled. Other parts of the bag surround the handle or stick and prevent soiling the hands.

My invention therefore provides means whereby the usual bag may be made to serve a double purpose without many way complicating the structure of'the bag.

Other and equally important objects-and advantages of my invention will be apparent as the description proceedsfbut it is pointed out that the scope of my invention should only be determined by reference to the appended claim.

In the drawing, wherein is illustrated the preferred form of my invention:-

Figure 1 is a view of a my slot formed therein;

Figure 2 is a view of tector or shield for being eaten; and

conventional bag with my 'bag'used as a pro- Figure 3 is a diagrammatic view (all detail being omitted) of my slot- -making attachment applied to certain conventional parts of a bagmaking machine.

In the drawing wherein like characters of reference refer to like or similar parts throughout the several views:-

The numeral (I shows a conventional form of glassine bag, the'sides of which is designated My present invention conbetween the ends the confection while it is- (2). Midway the top and bottom edges and the side edges of the sides (2) is formed a longitudinal slot (3) which in ordinary practice is closed as shown in Figure l when the bag is used in the usual manner to contain iced confection. However, when the iced confection (4) with its. stick (5) is withdrawn from the bag to be eaten; the stick is inserted in the slot (3) as shown in Figure 2, so that the shank of the stick (5) passes directly through the protect the hands from becoming soiled; while the confection itself is shielded by the body of the bag (as shown inFigure 2) to prevent drippings from soiling the clothes while the confec-' tion is being eaten.

, lo I Neither the size, shape or form of the bag is material to my invention; nor the size, shape, form or substance of the confection; the gist of my invention residing in the provision of theslot (3) through the sides of any type of bag to receive the stick part (5) of a confection to providea shield for the hands and a protector for the clothes whem the confection is being eaten.

It will be noted that my bag (I) is of the type having a center seam' (2a) and that the knife slits or slots (3) are formed through the bag at about the center of the seam (2a.) about midway and side edges of the bag; also that the seam is double ply so that the stick (5) passes through the bag where the bag is triple thickness or triple ply, thereby reinforcing the same about the stick. "It may be pointed out that bags of this character are ordinarily made ofglassine which is very tough and resists tearing.

In order to form my slot without increasing the expense of manufacture of the bag; I provide a cutting attachment which may be applied to aconventional bag machine, as for instance on the guide roll shaft (6) as diagrammatically shown in Figure 3. The cutting attachment'co'ntemplates the use of an annular collar (I I) positioned on the guide roll shaft (6) carrying a knife (l4) which forms the slot in the bag as the same passes beneath the guide roll. However, I do not wish to be limit'ed to any special position on the bag machine for my attachment.

It is believed that the operation and uses of my invention will be apparent from the foregoing, together with its. advantages, but it is again emphasized that certain changes may be made in form, shape, size and arrangement of particular parts without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention as defined in the subjolned claim.

I claim:-

bag and forms a shield to 10 i messes is in the bag to substantially preserve the normal tightness of the bag and to closely hug the handle of the confection when the same is inserted through the slits to form a shield to prevent soiling the hands and garments, and the vmaterial of the seam constituting a reinforcement about the handle.

' R. L. GALLOWAY. 

